So! I've decided that instead of buying new refills, and disposable pads for my mop, I am going to buy a similar mop that uses washable cleaning pads instead and an easily refillable {by myself! not by buying a new bottle of stuff!} solution thingy. Or I could forego that altogether and just go with a mop with washable pads and just pour my own solution {by hand} on the floor instead!
And I've been thinking. What other disposable type products can I switch from to save a little bit of money?
- Ziploc baggies can be washed and re-used {unless they've had raw meat in them}
- Dryer balls can be used again and again instead of buying dryer sheets
- I've even been considering trying to make my own Clorox type cleanups with washable fabric {old tshirts or towels anyone?} instead of throw away type paper towel sheets
- Some people even go so far as using washable feminine products and toilet papers {not sure I can go that far! eek!}
So are you ready for a challenge? During the month of June I will be giving up and transferring from some of my old throw away methods and trying to switch to better methods. I challenge you to do the same. Pick one or two items you think you can switch. I will be doing a few posts throughout the month on this too to hopefully give you a few more ideas.
And during this whole process hopefully we can re-gain a little more of our hard earned cash instead of throwing it away on disposables.
2 comments:
we've been washing out our ziploc baggies forever now. it saves so much money because we never have to buy new ones.
we also don't use paper towels for anything. I cut up a dish cloth and hemmed the sides to use as napkins, and if ever there is a spill we just wipe it up with dish cloths or dish rags anyway.
and yes, I've read a lot about going toilet paperless on this guys blog: noimpactman.typepad.com I don't know if I'm ready for that quite yet (though people do say that if you use water like a beday type thing it's quite cleaner than the wipe method) and as far as feminine products you can make your own "pad" out of layers of old cloth, I think. or just use the diva cup! check it out HERE
Well, you're ahead of most people Anna! But like I said, I'm not ready to do TP or feminine products.
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